How to drive key behaviors, employee engagement, and bottom-line results using new social tools and technologies

July 18 – 20, 2016 | Omni Parker House, Boston

Pre-Conference Workshop Day: Monday, July 18
Main Two Day Conference: Tuesday, July 19 –Wednesday, July 20

This unique opportunity will provide you with the chance to interact, collaborate, and benchmark internal communications best practices with leading organizations.

Speaking organizations include:

What you will learn…

This learning environment has been designed to provide you with open, interactive discussions on key internal communication issues, challenges and opportunities.

Discover how leading organizations are staying on top of new internal communications trends in order to ensure that their employees remain productive, engaged, and interested in the role that they play in achieving organizational goals. Gain practical advice and tips that you can apply as soon as you return to your office, including hearing first-hand how:

AT & T sparked change throughout their organization through strategic communications and storytelling. Read more about At&T.>>

Boston Heart Diagnostics built an effective and successful internal communications process, launched a highly designed intranet, and deployed an informative communications tracking system on a reduced budget. Read more about Boston Heart Diagnostics.>>

“Great content, dynamic speakers and ideas I can put into practice immediately. Plus, I loved the meeting and sharing ideas with other communicators. Best conference I’ve been to!”
– Sr. Mgr. Internal Communications, Premera Blue Cross

Maximize your time out of the office – Attend the interactive workshop day on Monday, July 18.

Join your peers for 4 interactive, round-table discussions designed to help you get solutions for your most pressing challenges. These sessions will help you to establish a foundation before hearing the general session case studies.

Workshop A: A Strategic Plan To Becoming The Internal Communications Professional Your Organization Needs And Values In Order To Achieve Success, Inner Strength Communication, Inc.

Workshop B: Bringing Employees Together To Achieve Results: Understanding The 7 Do’s And Don’ts For Successful Co-Creation Within Your Organization, Local Wisdom

If you need assistance or have questions, please contact the Advanced Learning Institute at 1-800-362-7400 x0 or email maryrose@aliconferences.com

***Complimentary Wi-Fi will be provided in meeting rooms***

Nestled in the heart of downtown Boston, Omni Parker House is located along the Freedom Trail and at the foot of Beacon Hill, Boston Common, Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall marketplace.

Omni Parker House is just 2.3 miles from Logan International Airport (10 minutes).

Pricing Information

The following are included in your conference registration: attendance, a conference folder and any additional meeting materials — including access to the digital dropbox to obtain electronic copies of speaker presentations, continental breakfasts, morning & afternoon refreshments, and evening networking reception.

Government or Nonprofit employees receive $200 off each listed price. Contact us for details.Register Now

Group Discount: Register 3 colleagues and the 4th is FREE! (4th person of team use promo code “4th”)

Past ALI Conference Attendee Testimonial:

“I enjoyed the diversity of speakers and industries. Good use of differing levels of budget, engagement, employee size and life stage of communications strategy.”
– Associate Director, Internal Communications,
Kellogg School of Management

Payment is due two weeks prior to the conference. If payment has not been received two weeks before the conference, a credit-card hold, training form or purchase order will be taken to ensure your space.GROUP DISCOUNTS: Four or more attendees, registering together, enjoy a savings of at least $1,699! Register three attendees and the fourth registrant is FREE! Note to small departments—register together with your colleagues from another organization and receive the same group discount. The free registrant must be of equal or lesser value.VENDOR ATTENDANCE:We have a variety of sponsorship opportunities for vendors and we are happy to work on creating a package that makes sense to you and your organization. Without purchase of an exhibit table or sponsorship package vendors will not have access to the attendee contact list.A.L.I. PAST ATTENDEE DISCOUNT: Earn conference attendance bonuses as you benchmark with other organizations. As a past A.L.I. conference attendee, receive a $200 discount off your next A.L.I. conference.CANCELLATION POLICY: You may make substitutions at any time; please notify us as soon as possible. If you cancel (in writing) more than two weeks prior to the conference a refund will be provided less a $295 administration fee. Registered delegates who do not attend or who cancel two weeks prior to the conference or less will be issued a credit memo. Credit memos will be valid for one year from date of issuance and can be used by anyone in your organization.PROGRAM CHANGES: A.L.I. reserves the right to make changes in programs and speakers, or to cancel programs if enrollment criteria are not met or when conditions beyond its control prevail. Every effort will be made to contact each enrollee if a program is canceled. If a program is not held for any reason, A.L.I.’s liability is limited to the refund of the program fee only.

Cancellation Policy: You may make substitutions at any time; please notify us as soon as possible. If you cancel (in writing) more than two weeks prior to the conference a refund will be provided less a $295 administration fee. Registered delegates who do not attend or who cancel two weeks prior to the conference or less will be issued a credit memo. Credit memos will be valid for one year from date of issuance and can be used by anyone in your organization.

Reasons to Attend

5 Reasons Why This Is a Must-Attend Conference:

Hear practical, valuable, pitch-free presentations from over 12 leading organizations from a variety of industries

Connect face-to-face with the leading internal communication professionals while benchmarking best practices with like-minded peers

Prime location in the conference meeting room – making it easy to strike up a casual conversation with attendees and speakers

On-site staff ensuring you get the most out of your sponsorship

Opportunity to participate in all sessions and share your expertise with conference participants in an organic way

Interested in becoming an exhibitor or sponsor?
Contact Erin Sherwood, Managing Director via email or by phone at (773) 695-9400 x216 for more information.

**Limited sponsorship opportunities remain, remaining spots will be on a first-come, first-served basis

MOBILE SPONSOR

theEMPLOYEEapp is an internal communications and employee engagement mobile solution. It securely integrates with a company’s employee database and allows for the instantaneous push of messages and distribution of content directly to an employee’s mobile device

VIDEO SPONSOR

12 Stars Media is an Indianapolis video production company working globally that specializes in producing video that connects you with your audience through real and simple communication. First class, award-winning video production, bringing your brand and its story to life using your greatest asset – the people that live it.

Newsweaver is a leading internal communications software company. Our powerful and easy to use communications platforms were built specifically to solve
the challenges that Internal Communicators face each day.

Bananatag gives Internal Communicators engagement data on the emails they send to their distribution lists. Our plugin can be added to Outlook, Gmail or Lotus Notes, and lets you track any email in a single click right from your email client. Detailed analytics show opens, clicks, device type, and location data to provide a full view of employee engagement across your organization.

Beekeeper is a mobile and desktop workforce communication platform built for organizations with desktop and non-desktop employees. We help clients from various industries including manufacturing, hospitality and retail in over 100 countries. Our mission is to help improve top-down, bottoms-up and peer-to-peer communication, resulting in more operational efficiency, better team spirit and higher retention.

"Every presentation flowed smoothly...I was a sponge soaking up hundreds of great ideas"

Communications Coordinator, City of Eden Prairie

"Great information that I take and use in my workplace."

"...A really nice mix of topics, speakers, and industries."

ALI Strategic Internal Communications attendee

"Loved the interactivity. Great presenters."

T. Resing, Jive Software

"Content was great overall and I met some fantastic people."

Internal Communication Manager, Cuyahoga Community College

"I love the small size, which allowed for good questions & conversation!"

Internal Communications, Sr. Associate at McGladrey

"Good, timely discussions"

IT Project Manager, Victaulic

"Every ALI conference I’ve attended has been chock-full of meaningful – and practical tips. Keep up the good work!"

Corporate Communications professional

"Valuable information shared. Intimate setting made it easier to share challenges and successes."

Trina M., Connections Education

"The conference last week was outstanding...It was exceptionally organized with a talented and diverse set of speakers."

"This was my first ALI event and it was so rewarding. I enjoyed the small groups, the intimacy of the outings and the opportunities to network with so many professionals who are doing the same thing as I do. It was so inspiring, encouraging and I learned a lot."

"One of the best conferences in terms of content & speakers...I will definitely be back."

Director, Global Employee Engagement, FIS

"GREAT conference! I loved the format... and I am BLOWN AWAY at how well you were able to keep everything on track. Unheralded."

B. Ledig, Internal Communications Manager, Capital Power

"Great variety of topics. Well-spoken presenters."

R. Butts, Children's Health

"Spectacular conference. Extraordinarily useful content. Very easy to take back to team."

ALI intranet conference attendee

"Appreciated the discussion opportunities and quality of speakers."

Strategic Internal Communications, Boston, 2015 attendee

"I liked that the speakers were a part of the conference and accessible."

Marketing Communications Specialist, Western & Southern Life Insurance Company

"Loved the reaffirmation that we are all going through similar transformations."

Cynthia H., Communications Director, Aetna

"This was my first ALI event and it was so rewarding. I enjoyed the small groups, the intimacy of the outings and the opportunities to network with so many professionals who are doing the same thing as I do. It was so inspiring, encouraging and I learned a lot."

A. Neal, Supervisor Web & Writing, Chevron

"Great presentations. Great attendees. Learned a lot."

ALI intranet conference attendee

"Favorite part of these meetings is knowledge-sharing & networking. I learn so much from my peers."